Bond was set at $500,000 Monday for Hattiesburg murder suspect Jonicqua Moffett, accused of killing her boyfriend, Cordaeil Miller.

Miller, 26, of Hattiesburg, was the first homicide the city has seen in 2017, Hattiesburg police spokeswoman Lt. LaTosha Myers-Mitchell said.

Hattiesburg police were called around 12:30 a.m. Saturday to the 900 block of Dabbs Street in reference to a stabbing. Moffett lives on the block where the stabbing took place, Myers-Mitchell said.

When officers arrived, they found Miller lying on the ground with an apparent stab wound on his side, Myers-Mitchell said.

Miller was pronounced dead at Forrest General Hospital. Nobles said his body will be sent to the state crime lab in Jackson for autopsy.

Twenty-year-old Jonicqua Moffett was arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection to Miller's death.

Myers-Mitchell said the incident stemmed from a fight between Moffett and Miller, who were in a relationship.

Moffett remains in Forrest County Jail in lieu of bond.

Myers-Mitchell said the investigation into the incident is still ongoing. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Hattiesburg police at (601) 544-7900 or Metro Crime Stoppers at (601) 582-7867.

Hattiesburg saw eight homicides in 2016 — three of them in the first six days alone.